Navy Handles Mount St. Mary's in NCAA Women's Lacrosse Season
Opener

from press release

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Paced by a balanced offensive
attack that featured seven different goal scorers, the Navy women's
lacrosse team (1-0) opened its 2011 season with a decisive 14-4 win
over Mount St. Mary's (0-1) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
on Friday evening.

Navy jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first half and played
solid defense to take a 9-1 lead into the locker room. The Mids
then outscored the Mountaineers 5-3 in the second half to post the
14-4 win.

"We are really proud of the efforts of our players and are happy
with the result," head coach Cindy Timchal said. "We played great
defense in the first half and we also had the opportunity to get a
lot of players into the game and test their abilities."

Freshman attack Aimee Gennaro scored a game-high four goals in
her collegiate debut and added an assist for five points.

"We have been so consistent every day with the pressure of our
play in practice that it really carried over to the game today,"
said Gennaro. "I have been dreaming of playing my first college
game for years now and it was a blast to finally step on the
field."

Sophomore attack Jasmine DePompeo added three goals and two
assists to share the team-lead of five points with Gennaro. Senior
attack Katrina Nietsch added two goals, two assists and a pair of
ground balls.

The Mids were all over the Mountaineers right out of the gates
as sophomore Kathy Young netted the first goal of the year just
1:07 into the contest. A little over a minute later, Nietsch added
her first goal, followed by a Gennaro strike.

DePompeo added a goal at 25:09 and it took Navy just nine
seconds to add their fifth as sophomore Jen Eikenberg claimed the
ensuing draw control and fed senior Lexi Dauernheim who stormed in
for a goal.
After just five minutes of play, it was Navy in the lead, 5-0.

A second goal from Gennaro off an assist from Nietsch would push
the lead to 6-0 before freshman Molly Hamilton netted her first
collegiate goal. DePompeo added her second goal of the game a
minute later and the rout was on as Navy led 8-0.

The Mount's Nicole Price broke up the shutout with eight minutes
to go in the first half but Hamilton added another goal for Navy
and the Mids took a 9-1 lead into the break.

Price netted her second in early in the first half, but Navy
would regroup to scored five straight goals to push the lead to
14-2. Included in the spurt was a beautiful long pass from senior
Caitlin Mandrin Hill to DePompeo for a goal.

Esther Rufolo scored the game's final two goals for Mount St.
Mary's.

Junior goalie Elaina Ponchione was solid in net for the Mids,
playing the first 45 minutes of the game and making nine saves.
Ponchione was especially strong against the Mount during free
position shots, helping to force her opponents to go 0-for-7 from
the 8-meter mark in the game.

Mandrin Hill had a game-high three assists and four draw
controls and became Navy's all-time leader in games played
(57).

Junior Kierstin King added two caused turnovers and two ground
balls. Sophomore Claire Olechowski added three ground balls and a
caused turnover.

Freshman Jill Coughlin also netted a goal in her Navy debut.

Draw controls were even at 10-10 and Navy held a slight
advantage in ground balls (21-18).

The Mids will next host Ohio State on Friday night at 7 pm.

"We have a lot of things to we still need to work on but this is
a good opportunity to step up against a big time program in Ohio
State," Timchal said.